Chapter 945

&hand; In old usage, of was often omitted after manner , when employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her speech."

Chaucer.

By any manner of means , in any way possible; by any sort of means. -- To be taken in, ∨ with the manner . [A corruption of to be taken in the mainor . See Mainor .] To be taken in the very act. [Obs.] See Mainor . -- To make one's manners , to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation. -- Manners bit , a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. Hallwell .

Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method .

Mannered <Xpage=892>

Man"nered (?) , a. 1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.

Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak.

2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.

His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt.

Mannerism <Xpage=892>

Man"ner*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. mani\'82risme .] Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. Macaulay.

Mannerist <Xpage=892>

Man"ner*ist , n. [Cf. F. mani\'82riste .] One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism .

Mannerliness <Xpage=892>

Man"ner*li*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

Sir M. Hale.

Mannerly <Xpage=892>

Man"ner*ly , a. Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly . Shak.

Mannerly <Xpage=892>

Man"ner*ly , adv. With good manners.

Shak.

Mannheim gold <Xpage=892>

Mann"heim gold" (?) . [From Mannheim in Germany, where much of it was made.] A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.

Ure.

Mannide <Xpage=892>

Man"nide (?) , n. [ Mann ite + anhydr ide .] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

Mannish <Xpage=892>

Man"nish (?) , a. [ Man + -ish : cf. AS. mennisc , menisc .] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

Chaucer.

But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower.

2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.

Chaucer.

A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.

3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

-- Man"nish*ly (#) , adv. -- Man"nish*ness , n.

Mannitan <Xpage=892>

Man"ni*tan (?) , n. [ Mannite + an hydrite.] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.

Mannitate <Xpage=892>

Man"ni*tate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid.

Mannite <Xpage=892>

Man"nite (?) , n. [Cf. F. mannite .] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna , the dried sap of the flowering ash ( Fraxinus ornus ); -- called also mannitol , and hydroxy hexane . Cf. Dulcite . <-- (MI11) HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. -- used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. Used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener. Also used to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. ("excipient" use) -->

2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina , or devil's apron.

Mannitic <Xpage=892>

Man*nit"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.

Mannitic acid (Chem.) , a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.

Mannitol <Xpage=892>

Man"ni*tol (?) , n. [ Mannite + -ol .] (Chem.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite .

Mannitose <Xpage=892>

Man"ni*tose` (?) , n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.

Man\'d2uvre <Xpage=892>

Ma*n\'d2u"vre (?) , n. & v. See Maneuver .

Manofwar <Xpage=892>

Man`*of*war" (?) , n ; pl. Men-of-war . A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.

Man-of-war bird (Zo\'94l.) , The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zo\'94l.) , the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man , a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zo\'94l.) , any species of the genus Physalia . See Physalia .

Manometer <Xpage=892>

Ma*nom"e*ter (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ thin, rare + -meter : cf. F. manom\'8atre .] An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure , and Illust . of Air pump .

Manometric, Manometrical <Xpage=892>

Man`o*met"ric (?) , Man`o*met"ric*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. manom\'82trique .] Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

Manor <Xpage=892>

Man"or (?) , n. [OE. maner , OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere , and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See Mansion , and cf. Remain .] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.

My manors , rents, revenues, l forego. Shak.

&hand; In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging.

2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.

Burrill.

Manor house , or Manor seat , the house belonging to a manor.

Manorial <Xpage=892>

Ma*no"ri*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a manor. " Manorial claims."

Paley.

Manoscope <Xpage=892>

Man"o*scope (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ thin, rare + -scope .] Same as Manometer .

Manoscopy <Xpage=892>

Ma*nos"co*py (?) , n. The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.

Manovery <Xpage=892>

Ma*no"ver*y (?) , n. [See Maneuver .] (Eng. Law) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Manqueller <Xpage=892>

Man"quell`er (?) , n. A killer of men; a manslayer. [Obs.]

Carew.

Manred, Manrent <Xpage=892>

Man"red (?) , Man"rent` (?) , n. Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law]

Jamieson.

Manrope <Xpage=892>

Man"rope` (?) , n. (Naut.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.

Totten.

Mansard roof <Xpage=892>

Man"sard roof" (?) . [So called from its inventor, Fran&cced;ois Mansard , or Mansart , a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.

Manse <Xpage=892>

Manse (?) , n. [LL. mansa , mansus , mansum , a farm, fr. L. manere , mansum , to stay, dwell. See Mansion , Manor .] 1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]

Capital manse , the manor house, or lord's court.

Manservant <Xpage=892>

Man"serv`ant (?) , n. A male servant.

Mansion <Xpage=892>

Man"sion (?) , n. [OF. mansion , F. maison , fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere , mansum , to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. <?/. Cf. Manse , Manor , Menagerie , Menial , Permanent .] 1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]

In my Father's house are many mansions . John xiv. 2.

These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. Den<?/am.

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House , 8 .

Chaucer.

4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]

The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon . Chaucer.

Mansion house , the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.

Blackstone.

Mansion <Xpage=892>

Man"sion , v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.]

Mede.

Mansionary <Xpage=892>

Man"sion*a*ry (?) , a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons .

Mansionry <Xpage=892>

Man"sion*ry (?) , n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place. [Obs.]

Shak.

Manslaughter <Xpage=892>

Man"slaugh`ter (?) , n. 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.

Milton.

2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc<?/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Manslayer <Xpage=892>

Man"slay`er (?) , n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

Manstealer <Xpage=892>

Man"steal`er (?) , n. A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.

Manstealing <Xpage=892>

Man"steal`ing , n. The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e<?/slave them.

Mansuete <Xpage=892>

Man"suete (?) , a. [L. mansuetus , p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet .] Tame; gentle; kind. [Obs.]

Ray.

Mansuetude <Xpage=892>

Man"sue*tude (?) , n. [L. mansuetudo : cf. F. mansu\'82tude .] Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]

Manswear <Xpage=892>

Man"swear` (?) , v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear .

Manta <Xpage=892>

Man"ta (?) , n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) See Coleoptera and Sea devil .

Mantchoo <Xpage=892>

Mant*choo" (?) , a. & n. Same as Manchu .

Manteau <Xpage=892>

Man`teau" (?) , n. ; pl. F. Manteaux (#) , E. Manteaus (#) . [F. See Mantle , n. ] 1. A woman's cloak or mantle.

2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.]

Mantel <Xpage=892>

Man"tel (?) , n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin\'82e . See Mantle .] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also mantle .]

Mantelet <Xpage=892>

Man"tel*et (?) , n. [F., dim. of manteau , OF. mantel . See Mantle .] 1. (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights. (b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.

2. (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet .

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Mantelpiece <Xpage=893>

Man"tel*piece` (?) , n. Same as Mantel .

Mantelshelf <Xpage=893>

Man"tel*shelf` (?) , n. The shelf of a mantel.

Manteltree <Xpage=893>

Man"tel*tree` (?) , n. (Arch.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

Mantic <Xpage=893>

Man"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ prophetic.] Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] " Mantic fury."

Trench.

Mantilla <Xpage=893>

Man*til"la (?) , n. [Sp. See Mantle .] 1. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

2. A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

Mantis <Xpage=893>

Man"tis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a prophet.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis , and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina .

Mantis shrimp . (Zo\'94l.) See Sguilla .

Mantispid <Xpage=893>

Man*tis"pid (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa , and allied genera. The larv\'91 feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust . under Neuroptera .

Mantissa <Xpage=893>

Man*tis*sa (?) , n. [L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic .

Mantle <Xpage=893>

Man"tle (?) , n. [OE. mantel , OF. mantel , F. manteau , fr. L. mantellum , mantelum , a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele , mantile , towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual , Textile , and cf. Mandil , Mantel , Mantilla .]

1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. Bacon.

The green mantle of the standing pool. Shak.

Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. Burns.

2. (Her.) Same as Mantling .

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts . of Buccinum , and Byssus . (b) Any free, outer membrane. (c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

4. (Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel .

5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.

Raymond.

6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.

Mantle <Xpage=893>

Man"tle , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mantled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling (?) .] To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.

Shak.

Mantle <Xpage=893>

Man"tle , v. i. 1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. Spenser.

Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. Bp. Hall.

My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease. Spenser.

2. To spread out; -- said of wings.

The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. Milton.

3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool .

Though mantled in her cheek the blood. Sir W. Scott.

4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.

There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. Shak.

Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. Tennyson.

Mantlet <Xpage=893>

Man"tlet (?) , n. See Mantelet .

Mantling <Xpage=893>

Man"tling (?) , n. (Her.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin .

Manto <Xpage=893>

Man"to (?) , n. [It. or Sp. manto , abbrev., from L. mantelum . See Mantle .] See Manteau . [Obs.]

Bailey.

Mantologist <Xpage=893>

Man*tol"o*gist (?) , n. One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]

Mantology <Xpage=893>

Man*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ prophet + -logy .] The act or art of divination. [R.]

Mantra <Xpage=893>

Man"tra (?) , n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India]

&hand; Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans.

Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Mantrap <Xpage=893>

Man"trap` (?) , n. 1. A trap for catching trespassers. [Eng.]

2. A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.

Mantua <Xpage=893>

Man"tu*a (?) , n. 1. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.]

Beck (Draper's Dict.).

2. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]

Mantuamaker <Xpage=893>

Man"tu*a*mak`er (?) , n. One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

Mantuan <Xpage=893>